Spring 2026 Museum and Exhibition Studies

Last generated: Tuesday, October 21 2025 08:30 AM CDT

NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

MUSE 400

Topics in Museum and Exhibition Studies

3 TO 5 hours. 3 to 4 undergraduate hours. 4 to 5 graduate hours. May be repeated for credit. Extensive computer use required.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
45433LCD09:00 AM - 11:30 AMW51002AEHQuinn, TMeet on campus
3 hours Publishing Fwd:Museums Journal Restricted to Undergrad - Chicago. Art Seminar Lab Fee $150.00 Flat Fee.
44677LCD12:00 PM - 02:30 PMM51002AEHLopez Garcia, MMeet on campus
3 hours Visual Culture of Labor The Visual Culture of Labor in the Americas This graduate seminar investigates the aesthetic forms and embodied practices of labor across the Americas from the mid-20th century to the present. The course examines how work, workers, and labor relations are represented, mediated, and experienced through the lens of diverse media, including photography, film, performance, public art, and digital platforms. We explore the role of the visible as both a mechanism that reinforces labor inequality, precarity, and dispossession, and as an active instrument for challenging these systems by reimagining the social value of labor. The readings in this course employ an intersectional approach, as we examine the intersection of gender, class, race, and ethnicity within local and transnational labor circuits. The course highlights workers self-representational practices as strategies of resistance, asserting the humanity and dignity of workers in the face of systemic marginalization. Ultimately, the course focuses on the visual as a critical space for understanding the complexity of the politics of visibility and the shifting conditions of contemporary forms of labor.
42065LCD - S09:00 AM - 11:30 AMT51002AEHMensah, LMeet on campus
3 hours Museology/African Diaspora

MUSE 542

Exhibition Practices

4 hours. Previously listed as AH 542. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department. Restricted to Graduate College. Restricted to Museum and Exhibition Studies major(s).

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
42066LCD12:00 PM - 02:30 PMT51002AEHMensah, LMeet on campus

MUSE 544

Public Engagement in Museums

4 hours. Previously listed as AH 544. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department. Restricted to Graduate College. Restricted to Museum and Exhibition Studies major(s).

Art Seminar Lab Fee $150.00 Flat Fee.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
42067LCD11:00 AM - 01:30 PMR51002AEHLee, LMeet on campus
Public Engagement

MUSE 546

Seminar in Museum and Exhibition Studies

4 hours. Previously listed as AH 546. Field trips required at a nominal fee. Recommended background: MUSE 532 and MUSE 543 and MUSE 545. Restricted to Graduate College.

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
42258LCD09:00 AM - 11:30 AMT51002AEHMensah, LMeet on campus
Museology/African Diaspora
46464LCD09:00 AM - 11:30 AMW51002AEHQuinn, TMeet on campus
Publishing Fwd:Museums Journal Art Seminar Lab Fee $150.00 Flat Fee.
46463LCD12:00 PM - 02:30 PMMLopez Garcia, MMeet on campus
Visual Culture of Labor The Visual Culture of Labor in the Americas This graduate seminar investigates the aesthetic forms and embodied practices of labor across the Americas from the mid-20th century to the present. The course examines how work, workers, and labor relations are represented, mediated, and experienced through the lens of diverse media, including photography, film, performance, public art, and digital platforms. We explore the role of the visible as both a mechanism that reinforces labor inequality, precarity, and dispossession, and as an active instrument for challenging these systems by reimagining the social value of labor. The readings in this course employ an intersectional approach, as we examine the intersection of gender, class, race, and ethnicity within local and transnational labor circuits. The course highlights workers self-representational practices as strategies of resistance, asserting the humanity and dignity of workers in the face of systemic marginalization. Ultimately, the course focuses on the visual as a critical space for understanding the complexity of the politics of visibility and the shifting conditions of contemporary forms of labor.

MUSE 582

Supervised Internship in Museum and Exhibition Studies

4 hours. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. Previously listed as AH 582. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department. Restricted to Graduate College. Restricted to Museum and Exhibition Studies major(s). Departmental Approval Required

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
48300PRARRANGEDLopez Garcia, MOnline with deadlines
48299PRARRANGEDMensah, LOnline with deadlines
42303PRARRANGEDQuinn, TOnline with deadlines

MUSE 596

Readings in Museum and Exhibition Studies

0 TO 8 hours. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Restricted to Graduate College. Restricted to Museum and Exhibition Studies major(s). Departmental Approval Required

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
48302CNFARRANGEDLopez Garcia, MOnline with deadlines
48301CNFARRANGEDMensah, LOnline with deadlines
42305CNFARRANGEDQuinn, TOnline with deadlines

MUSE 597

Project Research

0 TO 8 hours. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Previously listed as AH 597. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department. Restricted to Graduate College. Restricted to Museum and Exhibition Studies major(s).

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
45255CNF09:00 AM - 11:30 AMM51002AEHLopez Garcia, MOn campus and online

MUSE 598

MUSE Thesis Research

0 TO 16 hours. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Restricted to Graduate College. Restricted to Museum and Exhibition Studies major(s).

CRNCourse TypeStart & End TimeMeeting DaysRoomBuilding CodeInstructorMeets BetweenInstructional Method
45256CNF09:00 AM - 11:30 AMM51002AEHLopez Garcia, MOn campus and online